Foil

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... d not exceed 10% of the material’s elastic limit. (Ref: Wm. Hawkins Plastic, Film, & Foil Web Handling Guide). Otherwise, as the film passes the blade shoulders, the additional drag from the blade, combin ...

Cosmetics Carton Wins Excellence Award for Diamond Packaging

(Carton Box)

December 03, 2017, ... he carton was converted utilizing WestRock PrintKote SBS paperboard, cold foiled, and offset printed with four-color process inks, in-line with UV gloss coating. Diamond’s proprietary DiamondSparkle  ...

Flint Launches In-Mold Label Ink

(Label/Tape)

November 29, 2017, ... ange UltraCura Sens for paper, board, and plastic and UltraCura Sens Plas for non-absorbent materials, foil, and IML substrates. Riedlinger says, “While Europe currently holds the largest share of the  ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention of converters in our annual roundup of new products. Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention ...

A 4-Shift, Around-the-Clock Schedule EVERYONE Will Love—REVISITED

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 13, 2017, Here's a work schedule that accommodates continuous manufacturing operations while offering operators a guaranteed weekend off every two weeks and additional “easy” days. When I first wrote this article ...

Scodix Offers Technology for 3D Effects

(News | New Products)

November 06, 2017, ... for a competitive edge. The technology is now available with the Ultra Pro Digital Enhancement Press with Foil Station, and the company offers a record nine different enhancement effects. Employing a ...

Konica Minolta Announces Digital Press

(Label/Tape)

October 29, 2017, ... textures, and flat and embossed foil effects. The full solution also includes a flexo priming station for uncoated material surface management and a semi-rotary die-cutting system at the end of the production ...

Kotkamills Develops New Board Grade for Spirits Packaging

(Carton Box)

October 29, 2017, ...  for our customers, but without a strong board of high quality, it’s impossible to make beautiful packages, especially when you need to use, for example, hot foil stamping and embossing,” Harju says. “That’ ...

Brand Reputation on the Line?

(Marketing Mojo)

October 26, 2017, ... she worked for Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) on her student loan application. Now that her payments are overdue, the debt collection agency has been harassing PFFC and me. At first, we thought the ...

PPC Awards | All Packaging Wins Top Prize for SlideBoxCR

(Carton Box)

October 19, 2017, ... e three-to-five-year-old participants were unable to access the product. The design also allows for premium graphic treatments. Embossing, foil stamping, spot UV, PMS colors and soft touch coating m ...

Eagle Systems Certifies Cartamundi

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2017, Cartamundi chose to have Eagle train its entire on the Eco-Eagle Cold Foil system, making sure everyone knew procedures and was on the same page DALLAS, TX | Cartamundi, a manufacturer of cards and ...

Flexible Packaging | Constantia Flexibles Reports on Global Trends

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... from the pharmaceuticals industry. All over the world, tablets are packed in blister packs — display package with aluminum foil as back cover. However, the United States remains an exception. In the US, ...

LPS Industries Adds Equipment

(Bag Pouch)

September 12, 2017, ... film/foil/paper laminates, the new pouchmaking system will make pouches from unsupported coex films. The company also is expanding its ability to process several varieties of three side seal pouches, press ...

Web Industries Introduces Custom Shielding Tape

(Label/Tape)

September 10, 2017, ... shielding components, each consisting of a lamination of polyester tape and aluminum foil. The components are joined securely across the middle, allowing the tape’s ends to open and form a plus sign or ...

Konica Minolta Plans Big Show for PRINT 17

(Print)

September 09, 2017, ... time, Konica Minolta and MGI will co-locate in the same booth, creating a combination of Konica Minolta’s inkjet printhead technology and MGI’s patented 3D varnish embossing with REAL Variable Data Foiling ...

Telstar Press Allows Many Tests

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2017, ...  DecoMod multi-purpose UV flexo station features integrated unwind, rewind, nip, and UV curing allows testing of cold foil, cast and cure, UV lamination, and spot and flood coating; Hot foil stamping; ...

Show Preview | PRINT 2017 Heads Back to Chicago

(Trade Shows)

August 16, 2017, ...  about variable data foiling with no dies, as well as live demonstrations. At its booth, you will see variable data foil stamping with no dies; thermal, tactile and printable specialty laminate films; specia ...

Oracle Packaging Has Solution for Effervescent Tablets

(Flexpack)

August 13, 2017, ... relatively low seal temperatures, important when packaging products that tend to create powdery residue. The pouching materials are comprised of layers of either ink or lacquer, and paper/PE/aluminum foil/sealant. ...

Scodix Wins PIA Award

(News | New Products)

August 12, 2017, Company is honored for its Ultra Pro with Foil Station with the 2017 InterTech Technology Award ROSH HAAYIN, ISRAEL | Scodix, provider of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, ...

Keystone Folding Box Launches Ecoslide-RX 3.0 Package

(Carton Box)

August 08, 2017, ... compliance package that is both eco-friendly and economical to produce. The Ecoslide-RX 3.0 carton contains no plastic, and the internal blister requires minimal film and foil. The Ecoslide-RX 3.0 ...

MetsaBoard Kraftliner Packages Premium Gin

(Carton Box)

August 08, 2017, ... liner and fluting. The result was a simple and eye-catching white box on which text was stamped in black and silver foil. The foiling process generated a light debossing to increase consumer perception of a ...

Durst to Show Upgraded UV Inkjet Press

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2017, ... options include jumbo unwinder and material pre-treatment options including inline corona, web cleaner, priming as well as post press finishing options such as varnishing, cold foil, lamination, die-cutting, ...

GOEBEL & Achenbach Buschhütten Collaborate

(Slit)

July 30, 2017, The two companies joined to produce the NovaSlit S Light Gauge Slitter for soft annealed aluminum foils DARMSTADT, GERMANY | GOEBEL IMS and Achenbach Buschhütten announce a cooperative effort that  ...

Brandtjen & Kluge Launches Press

(Die-Cutting)

July 23, 2017, The ApexFoil Foil Stamping and Diecutting Press is said to increase efficiency and output ST. CROIX, WI | Brandtjen & Kluge reports the introduction of the ApexFoil Foil Stamping and Diecutting Press, ...

Toray Launches High-Barrier PET Films

(Flexpack)

July 22, 2017, ... MK61HB and PA1HB barrier-coated polyester films, called robust new alternatives to foil, PVdC-coated PET and OPP, and AlOx-coated PET. MK61HB metallized-barrier PET is said to offer outstanding oxygen ...

Diamond Packaging Wins Gold Leaf Award for Fragrance Carton

(Carton Box)

July 05, 2017, Honored in the "Most Difficult Use of Foil & Embossing" category ROCHESTER, NY | Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 24th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showca ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... y CD shifting flat processes or rotating blown processes. Maximize the winding nip’s ability to conform around roll diameter variations. For "hard" rolls (films and foils), use a compliant nip roller (30A- ...

SAM Chooses Vetaphone for Surface Treatment

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2017, ... of extrusion, coating, and laminating technology, has been working with Vetaphone for surface treatment solutions across a variety of substrates from PET to BOPP, Alu foil, and metallized film.  Joon ...

OMET Press Provides Dual-Shape Labels

(Label/Tape)

July 03, 2017, ... process, we use a cold foil and a flexo unit to apply a layer of UV glue on the shape already die-cut, to facilitate its removal. The label and the filmic substrate are coupled by means of a nip roll, ...

IADD·FSEA Odyssey Filled with Features

(Die-Cutting)

July 03, 2017, ... and Diemaking and the Foil & Specialty Effects Association.  “A significant effort has gone into creating a one-of-kind experience for our industry, and this year’s Odyssey continued the tradition of ...